“This is a huge, huge risk that’s being presented,” says Dickinson. “I think the school districts will feel torn. We have so many school districts who send their children here and know the value of this school for their children, but at the same time, if there is no money in the budget, there is no money in the budget then… Some would not be able to send their children here.”

“It’s a wonderful, amazing place and it has changed me so dramatically in just two years,” says 19-year-old Kaleb Moran. “I understand the teachers better, compared to where I was in the public schools. I had such a hard time. I couldn’t participate. I couldn’t be a leader there, but here, at this school, I can be involved and a leader.”

“At the School for the Deaf, it’s really the best for me. I can do everything. It’s just the best,” says 15-year-old Juan Sosa. “I enjoy my work in the classroom the most and sports, might I add, and socializing with my deaf friends.”

“Going to public school, I feel like people see me as limited, but then when you come to a school for the deaf you feel equal,” says 15-year-old Tatiana Carvahall. “I feel, here, that my future is unlimited.”

“Yes. I want to tell the governor to keep our schools, keep them running, and make that investment,” says 16-year-old Kayla Deegan say. “I feel like this is my second home.”

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Money for the School for the Deaf is a good investment for the young people and for the future of the state and country. The School has been a good neighbor and does a good job of educating its students.